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Understanding 9/11The savage empire : wars of the 19th century
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vii, 208 pages : 24 cm
"Ian Hernon recounts in detail a further selection of forgotten military campaigns from Britain's colonial past. Here you can read some of the stories that characterized the darker side of Britannia's rule - butchery and mass poisonings, and dreadful massacres tempered with valour of the highest order."--Jacket
Includes bibliographical references and index
Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. The capture and loss of Buenos Aires, 1806-7 -- 2. The first Burma War, 1824-6 -- 3. The Black War -- Tasmania, 1824-30 -- 4. The Opium War, 1839-42 -- 5. The Persian War, 1856-7 -- 6. The Arrow or Second China War, 1856-60 -- 7. The Shortest War -- Zanzibar, 1896 -- 8. The Benin Massacre, 1897 -- 9. The Tirah Campaign, 1897-8 -- Appendix: the war correspondents -- Bibliography -- Index
"Ian Hernon recounts in detail a further selection of forgotten military campaigns from Britain's colonial past. Here you can read some of the stories that characterized the darker side of Britannia's rule - butchery and mass poisonings, and dreadful massacres tempered with valour of the highest order."--Jacket
Includes bibliographical references and index
Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. The capture and loss of Buenos Aires, 1806-7 -- 2. The first Burma War, 1824-6 -- 3. The Black War -- Tasmania, 1824-30 -- 4. The Opium War, 1839-42 -- 5. The Persian War, 1856-7 -- 6. The Arrow or Second China War, 1856-60 -- 7. The Shortest War -- Zanzibar, 1896 -- 8. The Benin Massacre, 1897 -- 9. The Tirah Campaign, 1897-8 -- Appendix: the war correspondents -- Bibliography -- Index
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